pin-up
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pin-up
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Deverbal from pin up, because such a photograph is often extracted from the publication and pinned up on a wall.
noun pin-ups · pinup
- A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall. pin-ups on every wall of their dorm room
- The person so depicted. pin-up girl
- A figurehead, a person who represents an idea, cause, etc. She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.
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noun photograph
| 日本語 | ピンアップ pin'appu, ピンナップ Pinnappu, グラビア gurabia |
|---|---|
| Français | pin-up |
| Deutsch | Pin-up |
| Русский | пин-а́п pin-áp, пина́п pináp, фотогра́фия красо́тки fotográfija krasótki |
noun person
| 日本語 | ピンアップガール pin'appu gāru |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 海報女郎 /海报女郎 hǎibào nǚláng, 賽車女郎 /赛车女郎 sàichē nǚláng |
| Français | pin-up |
| Deutsch | Pin-up-Girl |
| Русский | краса́вчик krasávčik, красо́тка krasótka, пин-а́п гёрл pin-áp gjorl |
Talk about this word "pin-up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pin-up. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. pin-up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pin-up "pin-up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pin-up.Cite this
@misc{pin_up_2026,
title = {pin-up},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pin-up},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
